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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ALBERT A. DAVID, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

OVERALLS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 264,249, datedSeptember- 12, 1882. Application filed March 18, 1882. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALBERT A. DAVE), of

the city, county, and State of New York, have invented a certain new anduseful Improvement in Overalls and Similar Garments, of which thefollowing is a specification, reference being had to the accompanyingdrawing, forming part of the same.

My improvement consists of a buckle-strap at the inner side of thewaistband of overalls, pantaloons, and drawers, and in rear of the flyor overlapping pieces, so as to be concealed, as hereinafter described.

The drawing is a rear perspective view of my improvement as applied toa'pair of overalls.

The description is equally applicable to pantaloons and drawers. Thegarment is made without any exterior strap, and without e1astic gores atside or back to contract it at the waist for purpose of suspension.

A is the body of the garment.

B is the waistband.

O is an inside strap, composed of two parts or ends, a 0', extendingfrom the inside of the waistband B, one at each side of the fly D. Thestrap 0 may be made of the same kind of material as the waistband; or itmay be made of any other suitable material. One of the ends, as c,carries a buckle, 0 which engages 0 the other end, 0.

I do not confine myself to any particular manner of attaching the parts0 c of the strap to the waistband B. The ends of the parts may beinserted in a vertical slit in the waist- 3 5 band and sewed fast orsimply stitched to the same; or the parts 0 0 may be made of the samestrip of goods as the inside layer or lining-strip of the waistband.

I claim as new and of my invention The combination, with an outerwaistband, B, and a fly, D, of the waist-strap G, contiguous to and inrear of the fly, and secured to the said waistband so as to beconcealed, as set forth.

ALBERT A. DAVID.

Witnesses:

SAML. KNIGHT, GEO. H. KNIGHT.

